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About the Course
This course is a brief introduction to the elements of music theory for those with little or no music theory experience. We will explore pitch, rhythm, meter, notation, scales, keys, key signatures, meter signatures, triads, seventh chords, and basic harmony. If you listen to music or play music by ear, and you want to know more about how music is organized and notated, this course is for you.
By the end of the course, you should know all major and minor keys, how to read and write in treble and bass clef using standard meters and rhythmic values, and how to notate and harmonize a simple melody. This course can serve as a stand-alone basic music theory course, or it can be a springboard to more advanced theory and composition courses.
Your instructor is Bruce Taggart, Associate Professor of Music Theory at Michigan State University, in the College of Music, where he has taught undergraduate and graduate music theory since 1996.
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MA
Jan 21, 2022
This course is enlightening as it digs deep into the essential basics of Music theory. I had a nice time taking this course.
TN
May 24, 2020
Thank you so much! This course is amazing, it gives you so many information about basics of music theory and foundation for further learning.
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By Akshay S
•Apr 10, 2020
Sadlly this is not for beginners! :(
By Artem K
•Mar 15, 2025
waste of time